The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-03

larities, fifteen female names being on the
list.
Gadsden county land sales still continue.
Messrs. Carl Vogt & Sons bought a 5000
acre tract from the heirs Of the MCLAUGHLIN
estate. a few days since. paying for 1t So
/ 900 cash This is a very valuable place for
all farming purposes. and is very cheap, as
the income from II has been from $500 to
500,
Arcadia ircodi0R: Every man that owns
land in this sunny land feels that he pos
seSses fortune until the tax assessor calls
around, when be realizes the fact that his
air castles must tumble and he must come
down to business. Col Trabue includes
/ four-acre block of land valued a. $4,000
! Ibis valuation in his bid for the county sta.
At the last meeting of the County Commits
sioners the Colonel wept bitter tears, be
cause his land was not assessed at SD per
acre This valuation.
| At Gainesville Monday an old colored man
by the name of Taylor was returning from
a hunting expedition and was passing
through a dense thicket near the rear of
Judge Kings and Capt. HUFF S fields at the
point where State street terminates in a
swamp, when he came upon a place where
it was evident that small hole had been
dug and only portion of the earth put back
in reflling il. The old man at once began
TO scratch off the fresh sand. and after going
to depth of three inches came to box
which he pulled up and examined On re-
moving the top, which was not nailed, he
discovered that il contained the remains OF
a partly decomposed white child. He at
once replaced the box as he had found 1t,
and coming on to town. reported what he
had found Sheriff Wienges notified JUS
tice A. j. Cone, who impaneled a jury and
proceeded to the mysterious grave
to investigate the matter. An
investigation showed that the child was a
white girl baby, that it had been buried
month or six weeks, and that it had been
alive after birth, as it was fully dressed IN
baby attire, with an outside wrapping OF
something that looked like the skirt of
womans dress The improvised coffin WAS
a cracker box, about foot deep and fifteen
inches in length. Although not twenty
feet from the city boundary line, the place
where the child was discovered is an unfre-
quented and dreary place. That part of
State street is never Travelled and it is
thiclIly grown up with bushes and weeds.
There can be but little doubt but that the
child was murdered, perhaps to hide an
erring mothers shame. The matter Will be
investigated as fully as possible by the jury,
which will re-convene this morning.
The st. Augustine Citizens Convention,
with its forty delegates, met Tuesday night
at the Board of Trade rooms. The meeting
was called TO order by B. Genovar. Judge
M. r. Cooper was nominated temporary
Chairman and H. Gaillard Secretary. The
aiority rule prevailed. AS candidates for
Mayor the names of w. NJ. Ingraham and
George S. Greene were offered. This nomi-
nation brought b. Genovf o his feet, and
he protested very strongly against the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Greene. His remarks were
bitter attacks upon that gentleman's
political record, raking up a polit-
zeal scandal of years ago, The re-
marks made fell painfully on the
ears of the assembled delegates and
it was regarded as extremely unfortunate
that an attack of this kind was made in a
convention that professed to be a purely
non-partisan meeting of citizens. OF the
ballots cast Ingraham received 80 votes aud
Greene 10. The following nominations
were made for the balance of the city off
GERS: Moody for City Clerk, on the first
ballot; Marshall l. Y. Drysdale for Tax
Assessor; c. F. Hopkins for Tax Collector,
on the fourth ballot. At this juncture Mr..
Greene appeared at the convention, and
on permission of the chairman made
reply to Mr.. Genovar's remarks,
denying them. He received the
the plaza and prove what ] saw" replied
Mr.. Genovar After speaking Mr.. Greene
walked out and the balloting was resumed.
J. w. Allen was nominated by reclamation
for City Treasurer. Nominations for Alder
men were made as follows: First ward, +.
W. Bruce; Second ward, Thomas Lemnis;
Third ward, j. F. Llambias: Fourth ward,
George w Atwood. The meeting ad
iourned in good order